Cream coloured parsnips and crisp apple strudel, Beetroot and bok choi and swiss chard with noodles - 10/10 thread,

[TooTicky]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page
here

I've done it I've done it I've done it! With the link and everything. I've never managed that before

Jättebra Tooticky!!!

Have been hovering about trying in vain to join in, just can't quite manage the 10 portions, 8 seems to be the most I can do. I seem to give in too easily to biscuits instead of satsumas.

Hej hej!
My Swedish is v. limited and crap btw. I lost heart a little when we couldn't afford holidays.
Do join. Hardly any of us manage 10 a day, certainly not every day.
How are you?

Very well thank you, first time onto Mumsnet since Christmas I think!

A big problem is that there isn't such a huge range of fresh fruit and veg here at the moment, and it goes off really quickly, and it's quite expensive to go to the supermarket every day. There are very few independant grocers here, so unless I travel for about 40 kms I'm stuck with supermarket produce.

However I am looking into growing my own, now we have bought a house with a bigger garden it might be possible. Unfortunatley I don't know the first thing about gardening, I will start my research when the kids go back to school.

And then there's the Swedish winters, hmmmmm completely different country to Sweden in the summer.

It's a shame we're staying here all summer otherwise you would have been welcome to use our house whilst we were away. Perhaps next year

ooh hello

thank you TooT that was fab

hellooo MrsMills, I like your name - I have an LP of Mrs Mills which an odd friend bought me and it makes me laugh

we had baby spinach, artichoke hearts, mange tout, cucumber, tomato, hummus and avocado with pitta bread for lunch. Ds has been eating service station / bad pub style food since Saturday, and he fell on the salad with great enthusiasm. This was nice, because this morning he was telling me 'this breakfast is boring. I like the Little Chef breakfast the best'

Ride 'em, cowboys.

oh yes

hot dang

Alpine style, of course.

can I just pop into your thread and say that I think the thread titles are absolutely FANTASTIC and you put a smile on my face every time I see them

Now I'm off to eat some more chocolate

just popping in to say that these thread titles are my favourite of all thread titles

as you were

x-posted with Squonk

how weird

What Twiglett and Squonk said.

oh, well done, Toot

The title is making me think of cake though. Lemon poppy seed is what I fancy.

great minds and all that...

this one is a particularly good one though

Great thread title Ladies!

Love the title

yes, 'tis me .

Extra points for having my greatest hits F&Z!

Let me just point out that all credit for the title goes to FrayedKnot.

MrsMills, thank you for the thought of letting us stay in your house

I had an English teacher called Mrs Mills.

Where is everybody?

Hello, TooT.

everyone likes the mountain breeze frsh air thread title then..

i am shattered and neakcered

i still have work to do on my assignment but handed in the drawings and one piece of writing to slightly rolled eyes

my tutor is not old like about 33 or something but i happened to have my ipod shuffle clipped to my jumper and he asked me what it was..i said ipod and he said oh i thought it was a microphone and you were recording me he's npt that interesting..

i have coffee and a banana for lunch cos i had no money and have had grapes 2 stasumas and a nectarine

don't know whether to go to sleep or not

as i will wak e up and not sleep in the night own't i

french guy is still trying to get me to see him and have dinner or luch and talk about our life...i have already said i am only making friends and i live a 100miles away

i said i was very hectic and didnt think i wud be able 2 c him in jan and he replied sying he was hectic in restuaqrant but had time to see nice people for an hour or two ..this sounded a bit narked..i have def not encouraged him

i started a thread anbout a novel i was reading but no one was interested it is really a good book

Notes from an Exhibition Patrick Gale

hello-oooo---ooooooo again

not sure if we are in Sweden, the Alps, or the wild west this week

most confusing and don't know what to wear

am about to have a corn on the cob; with 8 satsumas does that make 10? I rather think it does, bless your beautiful hide

zippi I love Patrick Gale, but I don't think I have read that one

mind you I get mixed up

his early stuff is a hoot! actually I like his early books better, they are not so serious and wordy, just daft, witty and entertaining

do you get confused with being hungry when u are really tired

i feel like eating

any mountains are good tho i'd have to be carried at the mo i think

i never heard of him before this

shall i link to my thread

this book is not funny does he write funny books oi can't imagine that